New Westfield launch - 9th August- PistonHeads Annual Service @ Bicester Motion

[Rednop1]

The engine looks like  madza /ford 2.0 Lf engine to me also used in some volvo's which is basically a duratec engine  but i have been known to be wrong .

 

Good move i think by the factory to get away from those ecoboost /turbo engines get back to a nice simple n/a

[Flying Carrot Steve]

2 hours ago, aeg said:

Wow🤩 grey and orange what a colour combination 🤪 but I am a bit bias 🤣

 

1 hour ago, Greenstreak-Andy D said:

Would have benefitted from a matching orange stripe on bonnet and nose … IMO… just saying! I’m sure you would agree @aeg

 

 

Would have benefited from a LOT more orange never mind a stripe IMHO 🤣

[Mark (smokey mow)]

Have they moved the handbrake somewhere different?

[Quinten]

The grey one

 

 

 

 

And the green one

 

 

 

 

And of course @DIY-Si

 

[Captain Colonial]

That new engine has quite the oil pressure at idle…

 

 

Air conditioning - really?

[Andrew Bennie]

Electric handbrake, wow.

[dvd8n]

One of the buttons looks like electronic stability control.

[dvd8n]

16 minutes ago, Andrew Bennie said:

Electric handbrake, wow.

 

I was actually looking at the kits for that the other day; they're not that expensive or hard to fit.  I find that the gear lever really gets in the way.  I'm not surprised that other manufacturers put them under the dash. 

 

Mind you, I've an awful lot of jobs to get through before I could justifiably spend time faffing about with that.

 

D

 

Eg https://www.hollinapplications.com/product-page/standard-handbrake-kit

[LoneWolf]

4 minutes ago, dvd8n said:

 

I was actually looking at the kits for that the other day; they're not that expensive or hard to fit.  I find that the gear lever really gets in the way.  I'm not surprised that other manufacturers put them under the dash. 

 

Mind you, I've an awful lot of jobs to get through before I could justifiably spend time faffing about with that.

 

D

MK also started fitting it on newer cars, seen a video on their Youtube about that.

[MattV]

I see they’ve gone with the stubby type gear lever a-la Caterham. Unless it was just a bit cold in Bicester…. 🤣

[Martin Aldred (Neptune) - Club Treasurer]

2 hours ago, Mark (smokey mow) said:

Have they moved the handbrake somewhere different?

It's electronic according to the datasheet